Lets discuss our newly bought ATi Radeon HD 4850 here

[imgame2]

So 8800 GTS are not allowed here?

don't know..... whats to disscuss about 8800GTS???

 

[uchiha_madara]

Just curious has anybody bought HD4850 from techshop.in.If you have how was the service.

Does anybody have wallets big enough to try this(insane)stuff.
*www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=190990

 

[imgame2]

@regenade: How much does the Accelero S1 cost? Also is it difficult to fix it onto this card? I have never opened up a GPU before.I wanted to get a better cooling solution for my card.For some reason it's idling to 65 degrees now which previously used to be around 53 degrees with 75% fan speed.

its available at lynx @ about 1.5k here....make sure u buy one of those manufactured after may 2008 ...to get the support for HD4850/HD4870 (look here ).......unless it won't fit properly AFAIK ...its pretty simple and straightforward and it comes with really good thermal paste ..but i haven't done it myself ...so perhaps renegade can answer is better....

Just curious has anybody bought HD4850 from techshop.in.If you have how was the service.

Does anybody have wallets big enough to try this(insane)stuff.
*www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=190990

ooh i wouldn't risk that ...untill i have used my HD4850 for 2-3 years ...and @1280x1024 ...without overclocking my HD4850 plays every game with max settings ...i m happy with stock clocks for now ....perhaps with a 24" monitor i will need it ...

 

[Shloeb]

@regenade: How much does the Accelero S1 cost? Also is it difficult to fix it onto this card? I have never opened up a GPU before.I wanted to get a better cooling solution for my card.For some reason it's idling to 65 degrees now which previously used to be around 53 degrees with 75% fan speed.

Exactly. Mine used to idle at 53 degrees before. Now its 57 degrees idle.
65% fan speed.
@imgame2 I tried disabling AF and AA. Now i get 42 FPS in SNOW Level. Earlier i used to get 23-25 FPS. Resolution 1024x768. But still i think its not normal. Ppl are getting this kinda FPS at HD resolutions.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Anyone completed Gears of War with Catalyst 8.7 drivers? I had some frame clipping issues at times.Not to mention I got a VPU recovery message once during the game.May be the game's buggy or ATI's driver are simply crap, but this never happened to me with my previous Nvidia card.

 

[imgame2]

Anyone completed Gears of War with Catalyst 8.7 drivers? I had some frame clipping issues at times.Not to mention I got a VPU recovery message once during the game.May be the game's buggy or ATI's driver are simply crap, but this never happened to me with my previous Nvidia card.

why not try catalyst 8.8 drivers...??

catalyst 8.7 has some issues with gears of war ..try using catalyst 8.6 or catalyst 8.8 ...i hope u will not encounter any problem ..what was ur previous nVidia card ??

 

[mukherjee]

thanks imgame2

please lemme know about the fan-life thing.
the temps with fan at 80% are 40-43degs idle and 65-70degs full load

welcome to the jungle bro!

well,IMO u shud set that speed to 60% or something......

lets visualize.....say life ur fan is some 'x' hrs(its Mean Time Between Failure).......
the more RPM it spins at....the more damage it incurs due to accelerated wear.....as compared to duty at a lower RPM.....get my point?

Exactly. Mine used to idle at 53 degrees before. Now its 57 degrees idle.
65% fan speed.
@imgame2 I tried disabling AF and AA. Now i get 42 FPS in SNOW Level. Earlier i used to get 23-25 FPS. Resolution 1024x768. But still i think its not normal. Ppl are getting this kinda FPS at HD resolutions.

wat version of Catalyst r u using? Also...when u r installing a new set of Catalyst drivers,b sure to remove both the older catalyst and ati gpu driver.thereafter boot into safemode and remove alll the remnants of the drivers by using DriverSweeper Here
......then perform a clean install.

 

[Shloeb]

I m using 8.8 catalyst. Btw the settings were not very high. I installed a Nature Mod. There were only a few settings of Very High.

 

[imgame2]

welcome to the jungle bro!

well,IMO u shud set that speed to 60% or something......

lets visualize.....say life ur fan is some 'x' hrs(its Mean Time Between Failure).......
the more RPM it spins at....the more damage it incurs due to accelerated wear.....as compared to duty at a lower RPM.....get my point?




wat version of Catalyst r u using? Also...when u r installing a new set of Catalyst drivers,b sure to remove both the older catalyst and ati gpu driver.thereafter boot into safemode and remove alll the remnants of the drivers by using DriverSweeper Here
......then perform a clean install.

well doc thats quite a bit of maths and all mean time between failure .....by the way what games are u playing these days on ur HD4850 ??

 

[IronManForever]

Sorry; I dont own the card but plan to buy a system and am thinking about buying this card.

Some of the users are complaining about terrible FPS; eg Shloeb.
Im just confused, this one oughtta be a powerful card at VFM. But Crysis pawns it at just 1024x768?? Im getting mad.

 

[mukherjee]

Sorry; I dont own the card but plan to buy a system and am thinking about buying this card.

Some of the users are complaining about terrible FPS; eg Shloeb.
Im just confused, this one oughtta be a powerful card at VFM. But Crysis pawns it at just 1024x768?? Im getting mad.

Thats only 1 outta many complaining! Go for it bro! 8)
I hv no regrets! All the probs dat u see r mostly due to older drivers and incorrect configs( i mean ingame configs )

well doc thats quite a bit of maths and all mean time between failure .....by the way what games are u playing these days on ur HD4850 ??

well...crysis,cod4,coh:Opposing fronts,Grid.
will soon be buying Spore....
will soon be acquiring Mercenaries2,Settlers 6,Devil May Cry4

ur requested eye candy pix:
1.gpu benchmark wid new dell se198wfp @1440*900 @max details

*img293.imageshack.us/img293/7158/newdellrunww3.th.jpg

2.a screenshot of above

*img206.imageshack.us/img206/4205/crynwnr2.th.jpg

3.gameplay pic 1

*img183.imageshack.us/img183/2222/cry1ls8.th.jpg

4.gameplay pic 2

*img166.imageshack.us/img166/2481/cry2ou0.th.jpg

5.gameplay pic 3

*img231.imageshack.us/img231/1326/cry3xf9.th.jpg

Happy?

 

[imgame2]

Happy?

very ...like a doc's prescription u gave me ....eye candy ...and its way sweet than any of those medicines

 

[IronManForever]

@mukherjee
OKey Dokey man... Im definitely in lov with this baby but thought asking would be better than splurging and regretting. Anyways, I'll look out for newer versions with newer bios and hence better temps and stability; that what I oughtta do isnt it?

 

[imgame2]

Sorry; I dont own the card but plan to buy a system and am thinking about buying this card.

Some of the users are complaining about terrible FPS; eg Shloeb.
Im just confused, this one oughtta be a powerful card at VFM. But Crysis pawns it at just 1024x768?? Im getting mad.

i don't know how he is the only one getting LOW FPS in crysis ...its a good card and u should buy it ...

just look at the average FPS doc. mukherjee is getting ..and i m getting near about the same ...in crysis ...

i m playing all the games @1280x1024
i tried

oblivion IV- all settings MAX getting -constant 60 FPS (limited due to vync)
GRAW2-all settings max and software PhysX -about 80 FPS
COH-all settings max -constant 60 FPS (limited to vsync)
CNC-TW-all settings max constant 30 FPS(limited by game)
WIC-all settings max ,avg 70FPS

the list goes on ....

and all this on 1280x1024 resolution max supported by 19" monitors ...same is the story with 22" monitors u can get same kind of performance...so what are u waiting for ...?? and why are u confused ...???

 

[IronManForever]

@imgame2 .. Thanks for reassuring. Ill keep that in mind.

 

[imgame2]

@imgame2 .. Thanks for reassuring. Ill keep that in mind.

moreover crysis can be harsh on any system even with a GTX280 suffers at AA/AF with 34 fps on 1680x1050 resolution

*www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-4850,1957-14.html

trick is to find the sweet spot between performance and eye candy specially in CRYSIS..

 

[mukherjee]

very ...like a doc's prescription u gave me ....eye candy ...and its way sweet than any of those medicines

ah yes,my pleasure!
btw....do ya use FRAPS to measure the framerates?

@mukherjee
OKey Dokey man... Im definitely in lov with this baby but thought asking would be better than splurging and regretting. Anyways, I'll look out for newer versions with newer bios and hence better temps and stability; that what I oughtta do isnt it?

well yes.
u shud do well to buy a card that was manufactured in end july 08,not before that,bcoz the latest bios(v011.007.000.000.000000) was compiled only on 30th jul 08! get the general idea bro?
my palit card has the latest bios....runs cooler too.....
*img161.imageshack.us/img161/2104/infohp2.th.gif
either get the new palit card(the earlier one used ref cooler) or the new PCB Sapphire model....both shud do as well,but AFAIK,the Sapphire card still usees the older bios revision.
also,sapphire has better bundle than palit but costs more.

so its ur choice anyway.

 

[imgame2]

ah yes,my pleasure!
btw....do ya use FRAPS to measure the framerates?

ya i use FRAPS ...to measure framerates...what about u ?

 

[mukherjee]

ya i use FRAPS ...to measure framerates...what about u ?

well,i dont use any....should i use FRAPS?is it any good?

 

[saif71184]

welcome to the jungle bro!

well,IMO u shud set that speed to 60% or something......

lets visualize.....say life ur fan is some 'x' hrs(its Mean Time Between Failure).......
the more RPM it spins at....the more damage it incurs due to accelerated wear.....as compared to duty at a lower RPM.....get my point?




wat version of Catalyst r u using? Also...when u r installing a new set of Catalyst drivers,b sure to remove both the older catalyst and ati gpu driver.thereafter boot into safemode and remove alll the remnants of the drivers by using DriverSweeper Here
......then perform a clean install.

Researched alot on forums, and almost everyone using fanfix have it on 65-70%, well problem here is if i set fan to 60% chances of card overheating under full load worry me, so to compensate i have set it to 70% .

i am using catalyst 8.8 both on xp as well as vista, so far played crysis, grid, gears of war, only problem i had was a gpu recover in gow cutscene, but thts more of a buggy gow problem .

thanks for helping though..